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J. H. DEFORD, Esq , PfvEsident, 

HON. A. STEWART, 

HON. R. P. FLENNIKEN, 

REV. C. AVERY, 

REV. JAMES HOPWOOD, 

J. KURTZ, . . ' . 

REV. E. Y. REESE, 

P. LEWIS, 

REV. J. PARRIS, 

JOEL RICE, 

REV. C. SPRINGER, 

ISAAC BEESON, 

JAMES PIPER, ^57 , 

JOS. L. PHILLIPS, 

H. GRIFFITH, 

J. COX, 

COL. J. W. PHILLIPS, . 

J. H. TARR, Esq., 

WM. MORRISON, 

G. VICKERS, Esq., 

REV. E. HENKLE, 

REV. JAS. ROBINSON, 

THOMSON HANNA, - 

E. HARRISON, 
REV. P. S. GRAVES, 
REV. JOEL DALBY, 
REV. J. A. SIMPSON, 
S. MORRISON, 

WM. HARDING, Esq., 
REV. R. B. THOMSON, 

F. H. PIERPOINT, Esq., 
REV. GEO. BROWN, - 
W. M. BARNES, 

S. J. COX, - . 

T. J. NESMITH, Esq,, 

A. L. WITHERS, . . 

REV. T. F. NORRIS, - 

P. U. HOOK, Esq., 

A. GALLENTINE, Esq., 

REV. J. S. SMITH, ^ . 



Uniontown, Penna, 



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R. H. BALL, 

PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR OF MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY 
AND (for the present) THE NATURAL SCIENCES. 

J. F. CROCKER, 

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS. 

W. J. T. CARROLL, 

PROFESSOR OF LANGUAGES. 

J. DAWSON, 

PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. 

J. B. HOWELL, 

PROFESSOR OP MUNICIPAL LAW. 

G. B. Mcelroy, 

PRINCIPAL OF PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. 



COUflSE OF STUDY. 



ENGLISH AND PREPARiTORY DEPARTMENT. 

English Grammar, Ancient and Modem Geography, Arithme- 
tic, Elementary Algebra and Geometry, Latin Grammar, 
Latin Reader, Latin Exercises, Cornelius Nepos, Csesar's 
Commentaries, Virgil, Greek Grammar, Greek Reader, 
Greek Exercises, Book Keeping, Ancient and Modern 
History, Declam.ation and Composition. 

Note.— Bullion's Latin Grammar, Latin Reader, and 
Greek Reader, and Fisk's Greek Grammar, are preferred 

FRESHMAN CLASS. 

LjiTiN— Cicero's Orations, Quintus Curtius, Odes of Horace, 
Krebs' Guide. 

Greek— Xenophon's Anabasis, Herodotus, Greek Testament, 
Arnold's Greek Prose Composition, Classical Literature, 
Grecian and Roman Antiquities. 

Mathematics— Algebra, (Davies' Bourdon). Geometry, (Davies' 
Legendre), Geometry of Planes and Solids, Plane Trigo- 
nometry, with applications to the measurement of Heights 
and Distances, Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids. 

English— Ancient History, Declamation and Composition. 

SOPHOMORE CLASS. 

LAxm-Livy, Horace's Epistles and Satires, Cicero De Officii.. 
Horace Ars Poetica, Krebs' Guide, Roman Antiquities. 

GREEK-Homer's Iliad. Demosthenes' Orations, Greek Testa- 
ment, Arnold's Greek Prose Composition, Grecian An- 
tiquities. 



MADISON COLLEGE. 

MATHEMATies — Analytical Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, 
Surveying, Leveling, Navigation, Nautical Astronomy, 
Descriptive Geometry, (Davies'), Shades and Shadows, 
Linear Perspectives, (Davies'). 

English — Rhetoric, Lectures on English Literature, Ancient 
and Modern History, Declamation and Composition. 

JUNIOR CLASS. 

Latin — Cicero de Oratore, Tacitus' Germania and Agricola, Ter- 
ence, Latin Composition. 

Greek — Prometheus of jEschylus, Gorgias of Plato, Anachreon, 
Greek Testament, Greek Composition. 

Mathematics — Conic Sections, (Bridges'), Analytical Geometry, 
Differential and Integral Calculus. 

NATifRAL Sciences — Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Mineralo- 
gy, Geology. 

English — Logic, Natural Theology, Political Economy, Lectures 

on Agriculture, Composition and Debate. 
French, German and Hebrew, (optional). 

SENIOR CLASS, 

Latin — Juvenal and Perseus, Plautus, Review of Latin Authors, 
Latin Composition. 

Greek — Selections from Sophocles, Euripides, jEschylus and 
Aristophanes, Review of Greek Authors, Greek Com- 
position. 

Mathematics — Mixed Mathematics — Review of Mathematical 
Course. 

Natural Sciences — Astronomy, Botany, Philogophy of Natural 
History, Lectures on Physiology. 

English — Mental and Moral Philosophy, Evidences of Christi- 
anity, Political Philosophy, International Law, Constitution 
of United States, Agricultural Chemistry and Lectures on 
Agriculture, Composition and Debate. 

French, German and Hebrew, (optional). 



KEMARKS. 



It will be seen that the foregoing course of study is compre- 
hensive and complete. The student, therefore, who shall have 
become familiar with its subjects, will be admitted to honorable 
graduation in the Bachelor's Degree. The aim of the Faculty in 
the selection of Text Books in the several Departments, has been 
to adopt the most approved ; but, while the student is required to 
obtain a thorough knowledge of their contents, it is by no means 
intended that the course of daily instruction shall be limited to 
Text Book examinations— it also includes recent facts and illus- 
trations deduced from the improvements of the age, and the ex- 
tensions of Science, as far as these ean be rendered available. 

In the department of the Natural Sciences, the student is daily 
exercised in chemical manipulations, and philosophical experi- 
ments, with the use of apparatus of the most improved style, so 
that he becomes practically as well as theoretically acquainted, 
with these most useful and important branches of knowledge. 
The College is provided with an excellent apparatus for illustra- 
ting the several subjects of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and 
Astronomy ; a choice collection of Minerals ; and a sufficiently 
extensive Library, to which the students have ready access. 

The four years' course of Collegiate study, preparatory to gradua- 
tion in the Bachelor's degree, has the almost unanimous sanction of 
the learned world, and in every respect seems best calculated to in- 
sure sound scholarship. Indeed, it being the object of education 
to develop, strengthen and mature the mind, that system must be 
defective which leaves dormant any of its faculties. Hence, in 
the arrangement of a Collegiate course of study, special regard is 
had to the gradual progression of the mind, a previous subject 
being always preparatory to another of higher grade. Therefore, 
the student having taken the full course, is qualified for the offi- 
cei and duties of life, so far as educational advantages are con- 
cerned; and thus he returns home, the bearer of honors, the well- 
earned reward of his industry and faithfulness. 



JPARTIAL COURSE. 



Within all Institutions of learning some are found whose peculiar 
circumstances or preferences induce, them to pursue a partial 
course of study. The cases of such seem not to have been suffi- 
ciently provided for in the College schemes of our country. They 
pursue and complete — it may be with great credit to themselves 
— their limited course : but at its close, on leaving College, they 
bear home with them no official Testimonial of proficiency in the 
branches studied. The very liberal terms of the Charter of our 
Institution, put it in the power of the Trustees and Faculty of 
Madison College, to provide a remedy for this apparent defect. 
To secure to such students the merited rewards of their industry 
in the pursuit of knowledge, it has been ordained by the Board of 
Trustees, with the advice and consent of the Faculty, that "any 
student who shall have completed the prescribed course in the 
Ancient Languages, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, 
Moral and Mental Philosophy, the Modern Languages, or Muni- 
cipal Law, and shall have passed an approved examination before 
the Faculty, in any of these departments, shall be admitted to grad- 
uation, and shall receive a Diploma, in due form, bearing the 
official seal of the College, and signed by the President and Pro- 
fessors, specifying his proficiency in the branch or branches 
studied." 

It is believed that this arrangement supplies a great desidera- 
tum, and beautifully harmonizes with the spirit of the age. The 
student, whose time or means may be limited, or whose parents 
or guardian may desire him to be prepared for a particular profes- 
sion or pursuit in life, is accommodated to his advantage; while 
the Institution is sufficiently guarded in its interests by placing 
the standard ot graduation so high, that nothing less than thor- 
oughness in the full College course in any department, will 
secure a Diploma. 

This is a new feature, which cannot fail to secure the favorable 
regard of all sections of the country. Indeed, some such plan 
tias been long since demanded ; and it is to meet this demand of 
public sentiment, that it has been adopted by Madison College. 



MADISON COLLEGE. j, 

EDUCATION SOCIETIES. 

l\jthin the borders of the church, many pious young men are 
lound, who are anxious to make educational preparation for the 
woi-k: of the ministry., but who have not the pecuniary means ne- 
cessary to accomph-.sh their noble desire. In behalf of such to 
enable them to become students at Madison College, it is advisa 
ble that Education Societies be formed, in the diffeient circuits 
and stations. The ladies are ever prompt in schemes of benevo- 
lence connected with the prosperity of the church. In other 
denominations, many faithful watchmen on the walls of Zion owe 
much of their influence and usefulness to the happy appropriation 
of the proceeds of such associations. Will the sisters of our 
church be waniing in zealin such a causel The funds of these 
Soc.eties^might be judiciously expended, in part, in the purchase 
ot liniited Scholarships ior such students ; and, in part, in defrav- 
ing their other necessary expenses while at College. 

I.OCATION. 

The location of the College, on an eminence commanding a fine 
view of Uniontown and the surrounding country, is one "of the 
most eligible that could be imagined. The valley of the Redstone, 
nch and beautiful, beginning near the base of the Allegheny 
Mountains, and extending, with its fertile fields and diversified 
landscapes, as far as the eye can reach, affords a prospect almost 
enchanting. The healthfulness ot the climate, the proverbial po- 
liteness, intelligence and refinement of its citizens, their cordial 
co-operation in sustaining the College, the facility of communica- 
tion with all parts of our country — these, and many other consid- 
erations that might be mentioned, conspire to make Uniontown 
one of the choice places of the world, for the location of an Insti- 
tution of learning. 

ADMISSION INTO THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. 

Students may enter at any time in the session, being charged 
from the time of entering. Those who desire to enter the Fresh- 
man Class, must pass an examination on the Preparatory Course, 
or its equivalent. 

Candidates for an advanced Class, are examined on the studies . 
to which the Class they seek to enter, has already attended. 



10 MADISON COLLEGE. 

Student? from other Colleges are required to exhibit a certifi-* 
cate of good moral standing. 

AGHICULTURAL CKEMISTRY. 

I'he study of this great profession has been too much neglected 
in our Colleges ; and the consequence is, that many young men, 
who receive a Collegiate education, and engage in agricultural 
pursuits, entirely fail, for want of correct knowledge oi" their bus- 
iness. This chair must be regarded, therefore, as very important, 
by those who intend to engage in /arming. It is under the control 
of Judge J. Dawson, wiio^e extensive reading, and practical ob- 
servation and experience, offer to the student rare advantages in 
qualifying himself for this most delightful occupation. 

DEPARTMENT OF LAW. 

This department, under the Professional management of Gen. 
J. B. Howell, is in successful operation. Law students are al- 
lowed to join the Literary and Scientific Clas.ses, and to pursue 
such branches of study as may be deemed expedient, simultane- 
ously with their Legal Course. 

.Besides a full course of reading, the Professor intends to deliver 
two courses of Lecfuies each year. 

Course of Instruciion. — Robertson's Charles V ; Hume's His- 
tory of England ; Blackstone's Commentaries; Coke on Littleton ; 
Real Estate ; Personal Property ; Contracts ; Domestic Relations ; 
Parties to Action; Forms of Action , Pleading; Evidence; Nisi 
Prius ; Bills of Exchange and Piomissory Notes; Insurance; 
Corporations; Criminal Lau'; Equity; Constitution of the United 
States; Law of Nations ; Conflict of Laws. 

RELIGIOUS EXERCISES. 

The daily session is opened with religious worship, when all 
the students are required to be present. 

Every student must be regular in his attendance, each Sabbath, 
at the church which, on entering College, he may have designa- 
ted to the Faculty as his preferred j)lace of worship. Each Sab- 
bath afternoon., he is also required to attend a Bible Clasft 
recitation, conducted by the President. 



MADISON COLLEGIE. 11 

HOURS OF RECREATION AND STUDY. 

The hours of recreation are from 6 to 8 o'clock, in the morning^, 
from 12 to 2 o'clock, P. M., and from 5 to 7 o'clock, P. M. At 
all other times, the student is required to be in his private study, 
or in the Professor's lecture room, attending to his duties* 

EXAMINATIONS. 

There are two examinations; (he first occurs at the expiration 
of the first term, the last week in January ; — the second, the week 
next preceding the Annual Commencement. These examina- 
tions are rigidly conducted before a Board of Examiners. 

COMMENCEMENT. 

The annual Commencement is held on the last Wednesday in 
June, when all who shall have passed to graduation, will reeeiv«h 
their Diplomas. 

ANNUAL SESSION AND VACATION. 

The annual Session, beginning the first Monday in September, 
is divided into two equal Terms. July and August are vacalioft 
months. 

MADISON LITERARY SOCIETY. 

This Society has an elegantly furnished Hall, and has already 
laid the foundation for an excellent Library. It oifers great ad- 
vantages to the student. 

ENDOWMENT. 

The plan that has been adopted to secure an early endow- 
ment of the Institution, and which pro.ui es to insure its perma- 
nency and full success, may be brieily set toiih as follows: 

1. The sale of perpetual .scholarships at Five iiundred Drtlliarf 
each. The purchaser is entitled to the {)riviK'ge of sending one 
student, in perpetuo. who may enjoy every advantage connected 
with the establishment, iie.f' from any Coiit^^e dues;, — the Ma*iiC'- 
ulation and Graduation fees excepted. 

2. The sale of Limited Scholarships, ihr One Hundred DoUara 



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each. The purchaser has the right to send one student, for a pe- 
xiod not exceeding five years, who shall likewise, be entitled to 
^U the advantages of the Institution, as in the above specification. 

3. Donations and Legacies. 

All such Funds are to be safely and profitably invested for the 
use of the College, and, as far as possible, for its permanent en- 
downient. 

On the above plan a good beginning has been made. Already 
more than Fifty limited scholarships, and Three perpetual schol- 
arships, have been sold ; besides which, considerable sums of 
money have been contributed. It is hoped and believed that all 
"who feel interested in the prosperity and permanency of the In- 
ititution, will aid, as they may find it convenient, in securing for 
it an early endowment. Donations in any sums are gratefully 
ifeceived, and the nam.es of the donors, together with a statement 
of the sum contributed by each, are placed upon the Record, and 
filed among the archives of the College. 

ANNUAL EXPENSES. 

Tuition in Preparatory Department, $ 20 00 

Excellent board, including fuel, room-rent, furniture, 

and attendance, can be obtained at $1,75 per week ; 75 25 

Washing, at 75c. per month, '^ ^Q 

Total, $ 102 75 

Tuition in Collegiate Department, $ 40 00 

Boarding and washing, as above, 8 2 75 

$ 122 75 

NoTB. — The purchase of a Schoiarahip reduces tha annual expenses, in th© 
Collegiate Department, to $102,75. 



The following gentlemen are members of the old Board o^ 
Trustees who have not resigned — their names were inadvertentlj 
omitted. '■ 

cf^M. Austin ^ Esq., Uniontown, Pa.) John Gallagher y Fayette County, Pa. i 
C.G. Page, Brownsville, Pa-; Dr. L. LincUey, Connellsvilie, Pa., Rev. J. T. 
Ji.' Henderson, Fayette County, Pa.) H. H. Beeson, Uniontown, Pa.j Judge J. 
Huston, Fayette County, Pa.; Judg^ WilkinSy Pittsburgh, Pa.j Hugh F^rdy 
Fayette County, Pa.j TV. D, Barclay^ Uniontown, Pa. 



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